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"Faith, n. Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel." - books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=ESpUXpqO55QC&pg=PA77
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The Devil's Dictionary
Original engl.: "Beauty, n. The power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband."
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The Devil's Dictionary
Original engl.: "Effect, n. The second of two phenomena which always occur together in the same order. The first, called a Cause, is said to generate the other -- which is no more sensible than it would be for one who has never seen a dog except in the pursuit of a rabbit to declare the rabbit the cause of a dog. "
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The Devil's Dictionary
Original engl.: "Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping."
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The Devil's Dictionary
Original engl.: "Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance."
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